Project Coordinator salary in the Central Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Central Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

The middle half of project coordinators in the Central Indiana nonmetro area earns $64,140–$94,180. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $122,840, only 2.2 times the bottom tenth, against 2.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($82,330) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $30,040 wide, against $49,570 across Indiana and $54,660 nationally: employers in the Central Indiana nonmetro area pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a project coordinator here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $18,480 over the median, the 25th only $11,560 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $23,845 a year in employer cost. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $102,320 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles in the Central Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $95,020 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local project coordinators earn.

What a hire really costs in the Central Indiana nonmetro area

At the $75,700 median, a local hire costs about $97,677 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $21,977 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in the Central Indiana nonmetro area

Project coordinators have the highest median of the 17 roles we track in the Central Indiana nonmetro area; virtual receptionists have the lowest, at $34,100.

Measured against the US median, project coordinators rank #16 of the 17 roles we track in the Central Indiana nonmetro area (-26.0%), between paralegals (-25.0%) and executive assistants (-31.3%). The typical role here is at -13.8%, so, measured against the US, project coordinators cost less in the Central Indiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Project coordinators hold 3.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Central Indiana nonmetro area, 4.5% across Indiana and 6.7% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $75,700 in the Central Indiana nonmetro area to $110,920 in Kokomo, a gap of $35,220 a year. All 6 areas in Indiana with more project coordinators than the Central Indiana nonmetro area also pay more, among them Indianapolis-Carmel, IN ($99,710) and Fort Wayne, IN ($92,590).

the Central Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Central Indiana nonmetro area is #294 of 517 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Indiana, Beckley and Hammond pay just above the Central Indiana nonmetro area and Fort Smith and Rapid City just below. All four are within $1,000 a year of the median in the Central Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many project coordinators, all three pay more.

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